Outllook replacement

[Jonathan Hutchins]

Quoting Benjamin Fisher <dentariz at linuxmail.org>:

> The Exchange Connector costs, yes.  Exchange 2000, because of its
> handling/use of IMAP standards, works well (this is as far as I can tell,
> which may or may not be the absolute truth) with Evolution.  Ximian's
> Connector, as I understand it, is specifically geared to finding an fully
> utilizing an Exchange mail server.  Evolution works with Exchange 2000,
> however, it will be a long time before this campus upgrades to that,
> probably.  It has taken them forever to upgrade from 4.x to 5.0.

I believe that the Exchange Connector allows Evolution to use Exchange's native 
MAPI transport - much faster than IMAP, much easier to do message sorting, 
searching, moving, etc. Also allows connection to the calendaring and address 
book functions, as well as some of the other Outlook/Exchange features.

You probably can't send mail off-campus because the smtp server won't forward 
or relay it outside the net.  If so, it could be configured better, but as you 
say it's unlikely given budget (and hence staffing) constraints.  Using IMAP 
there's secure authentication so they can allow you to send outside.  

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